The Navasota Independent School District has committed itself to effectively tripling its deficit with the approval of next year’s budget. The District’s Ronnie Gonzalez explains, it started off with a $600,000.00 deficit and had to renegotiate … [Read more...]

Navasota residents should get ready to paying small increases in several different areas next year. City Manager Brad Stafford laid out the basic breakdown of next fiscal year’s budget to City Council this last week, reporting a 1% increase in … [Read more...]

Round up your shotgun, then bring it ‘round to the grimes county sheriff’s gun range this weekend, to help raise money for a memorial park to honor local law enforcement officers who’ve passed on. Grimes County Crime Stoppers’ Dianna Westmoreland … [Read more...]

There could well be new owners for the Gibbons Creek Electric Station, as a deal is currently in the works to sell the Texas Municipal Power Agency’s lone power plant. The TMPS’s Board of Directors met last week, where the plant’s General Manager … [Read more...]

Though Grimes County has had an Ag Extension office for a while, it has been without an agent since early last month. But that all changed last week when a new face walked into the Agency’s Navasota headquarters. Ag-Agent Eric Zimmerman says he … [Read more...]

Kevin Brady wants you to have to pass a drug test to get unemployment assistance. Last week, Grimes County’s Congressman introduced a bill allowing states to test applicants who either lost their job due to drug usage or are looking for work that … [Read more...]

Thanks to the folks at Bryan Broadcasting you can now catch every Navasota Rattler Football Game on our brand new sister station Willy 97.7. And if you are trying to catch the Rattlers by listening online you’ll need to click on our new tab “Listen … [Read more...]

Despite Grimes County’s peaceful appearance, people do live here; so it must contend with increasing crime.  And as the District Attorney explains, mounting caseloads are forcing some victims and accused to have to wait awhile for justice. DA Tuck … [Read more...]

Nearly half of the Navasota Independent School District’s seven schools have been rated as “improvement required,” so the district’s interim superintendent plans on reinforcing the most basic necessity for educational success, reading. Ray Mathews … [Read more...]

A relatively new business model is being courted by the City of Navasota to hopefully fix what’s been called the historic downtown area’s current “food drought.” The City’s Sarah Korpita says it’s opened the doors for food truck vendors to work in … [Read more...]

If you like to show up to Rattler home games early and tailgate, you’ve no doubt noticed, there’s a change this year in the number of times you’ll be able to do it. High School Principal Derek Bowman says the school organizations put a lot of … [Read more...]

A 36-year-old Navasota man was recently accused of literally fighting the law. But just like the song, the law won. The Bryan Police Department reports Clifton Charles Matthews struck one of its officers while trying to escape from the scene of a … [Read more...]

A car chase that blew through Grimes County ended in north-west Houston Thursday afternoon August 25th, with the driver and two others in custody. The College Station Police Department reports, officers responded to a suspicious persons call after … [Read more...]

Residents and visitors of Grimes, and six other counties here in the Brazos Valley are now the first in the entire nation to be able to text 911 on all four major carriers. Navasota Police Chief Justin Leeth tells Navasota News, texting 911 is a … [Read more...]

Thanks to the turnout at its recent garage sale, the Pastor of Navasota’s New Hope Church says it’s able to retire about half of its property dept. The church building is bought and paid for, says Pastor-Realtor Max Brand. And they’ve made great … [Read more...]